Cebu, Philippines (Feb. 12, 2007) – Crew members from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) rescue and assistance team respond to a shipboard fire aboard the passenger ferry Manila Bay One. Blue Ridge firefighters working alongside local Coast Guard and the Manila Bay One crew battled the casualty for more than six hours before finally extinguishing the blaze. Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff are in the Philippines as part of Project Friendship, a humanitarian assistance/community service project with the Armed forces of the Philippines. During Project Friendship in the Philippines, the ship's approximately 1000 crew and U.S. 7th Fleet staff along with embarked Marines and Seabees will participate in friendship-building and goodwill-generating activities. U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Meyers